El-Malek Surname

1,391,595th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 157 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

El-Malek Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El & Malek.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Malek Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397

El-Malek Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Malek Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El-Malek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﻚ) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Malek? popularity and diffusion

The last name El-Malek is the 1,391,595th most commonly held family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 46,417,490 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of El-Malek are found; 97 percent are found in North Africa and 97 percent are found in Arabic North Africa.

The last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 153 people, or 1 in 600,887. Not including Egypt this last name is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Mauritania, where 1 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Maleck941/
El Malek88814/
El-Malik889/
El Maleck82277/
El-Malique781/
El Malik75342/
El Malick71122/
El Malike715/
El Melik63374/
El Melick593/
El Mouslik56204/
El Melig501/
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El-Malek Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El-Malek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﻤﺎﻟﻚalmalk-

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El-Malek
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